On the 16th of the month, according to reports from NBC and CNN, U.S. Vice President Vance admitted during an NBC interview on the 14th that Elon Musk, the head of the Efficiency Department of the U.S. government, made some mistakes while carrying out large-scale layoffs of federal employees.

During the interview, Vance said, "Elon himself has said that sometimes you make mistakes when you do things, and then you correct those mistakes. I accept making mistakes. I also believe that you must correct those mistakes quickly. But I am also very aware that there are many excellent people in the government—many people are doing very well. We want to retain as much of what works in the government as possible while removing what is ineffective."